begnas

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /bəɡˈnas/ [bɨɡ̚ˈnʌs]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /bəɡˈnah/ [bɨɡ̚ˈnʌh]
• Rhymes: -as, (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) -ah
• Syllabification: beg‧nas

Noun

bëgnás

1. a week-long community thanksgiving/offering ritual
2. Synonym of pus-ik (a public sacrifice)

Derived terms

• Begnas di Bauko

References

• Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (2021) Lingguwistikong Etnograpiya ng Kankanaey [Linguistic Ethnography of Kankanaey]‎^[1] (in Tagalog, Kankanaey, and Northern Kankanay), archived from the original on 2024-09-25, page 70
• Morice Vanoverbergh (1972) “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos‎^[2], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 93